Name Peter John Badcoe No. POSTHUMOUS
VC Issue No. 1346 Awards VC
Regiment Australian Army Training Team, Vietnam
Later
Now
Rank VC Won Major
Rank End Of Career Major
Place Of Birth Adelaide, Australia
Place Of Death near An Thuan Village, north west of Hue, South Vietnam
Buried/Location Ashes Terendak Garrison Camp Cemetery, 13 miles north of Malacca, on the Masjid Tanah Road, Malayasia
Cremated
Date Buried/Cremated
Headstone Headstone Plot/Grave no.
Gazetted 13 October 1967
VC Presented 5 April 1968 by the Governor-General of Australia, Lord Casey at Government House, Canberra, Australia to his widow, Denise
Memorials
Headstone, Terendak Garrison Camp Cemetery, 13 miles north of Malacca, on the Masjid Tanah Road, Malayasia
Named on Roll of Honour, Area 4, Australia War Memorial, Canberra, ACT, Australia
Memorial Plaque, NSW Garden of Remembrance, Rookwood, NSW, Australia
P Named on Vietnam War Memorial, Torrens Parade, Adelaide, SA, Australia
Named on South East Asia Memorial, opposite War Memorial, North Terrace, Adelaide, SA, Australia
Paving Memorial Plaques. North Terrace, Adelaide, SA, Australia
Badcoe Hall, Officer Cadet School, Portsea, VIC, Australia
P Named on Honours Board, Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst, Surrey
P Named on Victoria Cross Memorial, Queen Victoria Building, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Badcoe Park, Adelaide, Australia
Badcoe Street, Elizabeth East, SA, Australia
Badcoe Avenue, Wodonga, VIC, Australia
Badcoe Street, Gowrie, ACT, Australia
Badcoe Road, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Badcoe Road, Loxwood, SA, Australia
display at Australian War Memorial, Canberra, ACT, Australia
By The Way…
He was awarded two American Silver Stars, Purple Heart, US Air Medal, National Order of the Republic of Vietnam (Knight), three Crosses of Gallantry with Palm, Gold Star & Silver Star, Armed Forces Honour Medal 1st Class and the Vietnamese Wound Medal
VC Held By
Australian War Memorial, Hall of Valour, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia
